Firefox
Thu, Nov 12, 2020
Firefox
The guide to setting up Firefox correctly.
General
Tabs
When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately - Check
Files and Applications
Always ask you where to save files - Select
Home
Homepage and new windows: file:///
Firefox Home Content: Uncheck all
Search
Default Search Engine: DuckDuckGo
Search Suggestions: Uncheck all
One-Click Search Engines: Uncheck Google
Privacy & Security
Standard Browser Privacy (Use add-ons to best maximize security and functionality)
Send websites a “Do Not Track” signal that you don’t want to be tracked - Always
Address Bar - When using the address bar, suggest Open tabs only
Block pop-up windows - Uncheck
Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection - Check all
Certificates When a server requests your personal certificate, select one automatically
Themes
Theme: Dark (default)
Extensions
User-Agent Switcher and Manager
Please consider donating to the developers of open-source extensions. They put a lot of time and effort to make this experience possible in the first place.
Mobile
Firefox currently syncs bookmarks, history, open tabs, logins and passwords, addresses, add-ons, and preferences. However, the mobile version may not come with a pdf viewer.
Install the default pdf viewer (pdf.js): https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/
Homepage: Bookmarks as Default
Search: Duck Duck Go default
Uncheck Show search history
Turn on Do not track
Tracking Protection Enabled
Go to android phone and type about:firefox to find out more
Archived Extensions
I no longer use the following extensions for personal reasons, but these may still be useful for others. Consider this the editor’s pick:
- AdGuard Adblocker
- AutoFullscreen
- Awesome Screenshot
- Block Site
- Dark Reader
- Enhancer for YouTube
- Ghostery
- Grayscale Browsing
- Greasemonkey
- Hoxx VPN Proxy
- Limit Tabs
- LastPass
- Markdown Here
- Messenger as a Sidebar
- Momentum
- My Homepage
- New Tab Homepage
- NoScript
- Popup Blocker
- Privacy Badger
- Pushbullet
- Redirector
- RescueTime
- Simple Mass Downloader
- Tab Numbering
- The Dark Side of Youtube
- Tridactyl
- TubeBuddy
- uMatrix
- Vim Vixen
- WebRTC Leak Shield